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historians r. g. robertson and russell thornton, who claimed that churchill had misrepresented their work. in 2005, university of colorado boulder administrators ordered an investigation into seven allegations of research misconduct, including three allegations of plagiarism, and four allegations of fabrication or falsification regarding the history of the dawes act, the indian arts and crafts act of 1990, and statements that smallpox was intentionally spread to native americans by john smith in 1614 and by the united states army at fort clark in 1837 ( not to be confused with the well @ - @ documented use of smallpox @ - @ infected blankets at fort pitt in 1764